Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-05

Is . mAu WIN Will TcsuVc t- may ckAuu
here and say there will bea Judgment
Day after q while. Yonder is some one
who will refute it. But q Christian wo-
man in q Christian household, living in the
faith and consistency Of Christ's Gospel
nobody can refute that The greatest ser
mons are not preached on celebrated plat
forms; they are preached with an audience
Of two or three, and in private home life.
A consistent, consecrated Christian sen
vice is an unanswerable demonstration q
Gods truth. Asailor came slippingdown
the ratline one night, as though some
thing had happened, and the sailors
cried: whats the natter" He said:
my mothers prayers haunt me like q
ghost" Home influences, consented,
Christian home influences, are the might
est Of all influences upon the soul. There
are men here to-day who have maintained
their integrity, not because they were any
better naturally than some other people.
but because there were home influences
praying for them all the time. They got .
good start. They were launched on the
world with the bene6iction Of q Christian
mother. They may track Siberian SHOWS
they may plunge in African juugles, they
may fly to the earth's end-they cannot 70
70 far and 80 fast but the prayers will keep
up with them.
l stand before women, I o -dAy, who haze
the eternal salvation of their husbands Ia
their right hand. On the msrrisge-day
you took an oath before men aud angels
that you would be faithful and kind until
death did you part, and ! believe you are
going to keep that oath; but after that
at
THE DooR OF THE GRAVE,
will it not be an internal separation Is
there any such thing as An immortal mar
riage, making the flowers that grow on the
top of the sepulchre brighter than the gar
lands which, at the marriage banquet
flooded the air with aroma? Yes; ! stand
here as priest Of the most high God, to pro-
claim the banns Of an immortal union for
all those who join hands in the grace Of
Christ. o, woman! il your husband, your
father, your son, away from God? The
Lord demands their redemption ut your
hands. There are prayers for you to offer,
there are e%xhortations for you to give,
there are examples Tor you to set, and I say
now, as Paul said to Corinthian woman;
What knowest thou, o, woman, but thou
capst save thy husband?"
A man was dying; and he said to his
wife: "Rebecca, You wouldn't let me
have family prayers; and you laughed
about all that, and you got me away into
worldliness; and now | I'm going to die;
and my fate is sealed, and you are the
knowest thou but thou canst destroy thy
husband? Are there not some here who
have wandered far away from God, who
can remember the Christian influences in
their early homes? Do not despire those
influences, my brother. II you die with
out Christ, what will You do with your
mothers prayers, with your wife's impor'
tunities, with your sisters entreaties?
What will you do with the letters they
used to write to you. with the memory Of
those days when they attended you 10
kindly in times Of sickness? Oh, if there
be Just one strand holding you from float
ing of on that dark sea, I would Just like,
this morning, TO take hold Of that strand
and pull you to the beach! For the sake
Of your wife's God, for the sake Of your
mothers God, for the sake Of your daugh-
ter's God, for the sake OF your sisters God,
COME THIS DAY AND BR SAVED.
Lastly: | wish to say that one OF the
specific rights Of woman is, through the
grace Of Christ, finally to reach heaven. o.,
what a multitude Of women in heaven!
Mary, Christ's mother. in heaven; Eliza
beth Fry in heaven. Charlotte Elizabeth
in heaven, the mother of Augustine in
heaven, the Countess Of Huntingdon-whO
sold her splendid Jewels to build chapels-
in heaven, while a great many Others, who
have never been heard Of on earth, or known
but little, have gone into the rest and peace
of heaven. What a rest! What a change
it was from the small room, with no fire
and one window, the glass broken out, and
the aching side and worn-out eyes, 70 the
house of many mansionsl" No more
stitching until twelve o'clock mt
night. no more tbrusting Of the
thumb by the employer through
the work to show il was not done quite
right. Plenty Of bread at last. Heaven
for aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten frames.
No more sitting mp until midnight for the
coming of staggering steps. No more
rough blows across the temples. No more
sharp, keen, bitter curses. Some of you
will have no rest in this world. II will
be toll, and struggle, and suffering. all
the way up. You will have 10 stand ut
your door fighting hack the wolf with
your own hand, red with carnage. But
God has q crown for you. ] want to re-
alize this morning that He is now making
it, and when ever you weep q tear He sets
another gem in that crown. Whenever
you have q pang of body or soul, lie puts
another gem in that crown, until, after .
while, in all the tiara there will be no
room for another splendor, and God will
say to His angel: THE crown Ii done ;
let her up that she may wear it," And
rs the Lord Of Righteousness puts the
crown upon your brow,
ANGEL WILL CRY TO ANGEL:
"Who is she2" and Christ will say: II
will tell you who she II. She In the o
that came up out Of great tribulstion, and
had her robe washed and made white In
the blood Of the Lamb" And then God
will spread a banquet, and He will invite
all the principalities Of heaven TO sit at the
feast; and the tables will blush with the
best clusters from the vineyards Of God,
and crimson with the twelve manner Of
fruits from the Tree Of Life; and wsten
from the fountains Of the rock will fash
from the golden tankards; and the old
harpers Of heaven will sit there, making
music with their harps; and Christ will
point you out, amid the celebrities Of
heaven, saying: 'IShe suffered with me N
earth, DOW we are going 10 be gloriied To-
getber." And the b~anqueters, no longer
able to hold their peace, will break forth
with con~gratulatiop: Hail! hailp' And
there will be handwritings N the wall
not such as struck the Persian noblemAn
with horror-but fire-tipped fingers, writ
ing 10 blazing capitals Of light, and love,
and victory: God hath wiped away all
ears from all faces!"
A TERRIBLE FALL.